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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always 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 learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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