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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students 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 a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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