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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students 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 topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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