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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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