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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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