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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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