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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free 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 a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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