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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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