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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally 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 numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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