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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. 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. MOOC courses are usually 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 many topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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