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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students 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 several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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