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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the 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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