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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are typically 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 quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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