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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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