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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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