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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning enable students all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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