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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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