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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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