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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always 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 topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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