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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not 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 issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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