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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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