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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are 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. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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