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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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