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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically 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 numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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