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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always 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 subjects that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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