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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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