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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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