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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually 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 several subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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