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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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