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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently 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 online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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