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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not 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 distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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