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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 several subjects that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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