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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly 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 quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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