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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly 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 several issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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