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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free 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 issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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