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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students 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 a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the major 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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