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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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