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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners 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 topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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