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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free 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 many topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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