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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically 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 several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches 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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