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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students 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 lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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