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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free 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 numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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