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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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