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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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