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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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