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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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 e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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