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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always 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 a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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