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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students 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 blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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