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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are 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 topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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