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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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