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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners 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 organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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