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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free 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 a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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