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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology enable students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always 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 topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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