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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically 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 several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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