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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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