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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always 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 numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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