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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key 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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