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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are commonly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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