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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free 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 issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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