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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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