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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners 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 a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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