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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are 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 several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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