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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are 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. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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