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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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