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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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