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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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