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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners 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 topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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