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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students 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 many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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