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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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