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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are 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 variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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