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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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