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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 several subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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