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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently 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 blended learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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