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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are usually 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 topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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