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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally 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 many topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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