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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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