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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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