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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students 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 numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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