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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily 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 a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand these open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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