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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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