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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually 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 a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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