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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners 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 numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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