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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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