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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are commonly free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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