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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online 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 several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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