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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are free for students 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 numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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