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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally free 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 many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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