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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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