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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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