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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning enable humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are generally 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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