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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key 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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