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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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 subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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