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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always 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 distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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