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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 several issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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