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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are mostly free 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 a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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