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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education