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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently 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 online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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