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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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