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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students 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 subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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