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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are usually 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 several subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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