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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not 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 subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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