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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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