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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 several issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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