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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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