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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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