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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the 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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