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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not 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 subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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