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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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