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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are usually 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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