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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are almost always 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 a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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