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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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