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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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