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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students 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 several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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