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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always 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 online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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