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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always 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 a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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