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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are typically 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 many issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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