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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free 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 a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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