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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not 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 a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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