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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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