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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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