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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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