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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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