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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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