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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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