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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily 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 topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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