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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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