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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually 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 a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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