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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are 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 numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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