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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are normally 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. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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