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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free 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 a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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