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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not 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 elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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