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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education enable students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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