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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically 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. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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