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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews 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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