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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically 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 numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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