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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free 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 online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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