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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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