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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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