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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students 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 numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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