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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always 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 numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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