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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free 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 several subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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