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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are customarily 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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