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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. 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 generally free but do not consistently 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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