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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners 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 topics that blended learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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