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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 massive open online courses are free but do not consistently 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 many issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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