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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically 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 variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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