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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are normally free for learners 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 many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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