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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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