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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently 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 topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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