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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates 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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