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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not 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 many topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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