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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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