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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners 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 many subjects that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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