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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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