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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not 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 online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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