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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free for students 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 topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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