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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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