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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally 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 topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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