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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not 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 have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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