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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners 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 several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines 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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