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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are commonly free 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 subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the major 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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