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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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