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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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