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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are 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 several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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