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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually 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 topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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