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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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