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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free 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 several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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