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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily 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 topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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