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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students 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 many subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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