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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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