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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly 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 a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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