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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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