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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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