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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free 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 lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these open education ventures. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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