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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are normally free for students 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the intriguing 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 dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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