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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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