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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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