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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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