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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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