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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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