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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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