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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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