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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly 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 subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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