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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free 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 many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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