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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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