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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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