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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students 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 variety of issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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