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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students 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 quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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