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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for students 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 several subjects that learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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