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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not 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 topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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