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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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