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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in e-learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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