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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free 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 lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the 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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