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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally 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 a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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