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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners 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 many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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