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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 many issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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