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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not 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 elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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