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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for students 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 topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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