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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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