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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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