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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically 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 a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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