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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners 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 a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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