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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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