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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally 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 many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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