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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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