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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online 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 several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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