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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free 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 several subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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