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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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