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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are 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 a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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