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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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