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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC 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 many subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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