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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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