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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are typically free for students 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 topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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