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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free 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 topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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