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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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