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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually 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 are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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