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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are 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 issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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