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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly 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 numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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