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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have enabled learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally 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. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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