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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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