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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually 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 many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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