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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually 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 topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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