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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily 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 many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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