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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always 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 many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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