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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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