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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are commonly free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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