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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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