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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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