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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally 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 several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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