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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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