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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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