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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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