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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are usually 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 several subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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