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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 education organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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