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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are 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 online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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