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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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