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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOC courses 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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