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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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