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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 online education organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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