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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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