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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free 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 several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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