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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always 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 issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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