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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part 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 MOOCs are usually 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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