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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically 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 a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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