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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are normally 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 several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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