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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are 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 topics that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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