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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for learners 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 variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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