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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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