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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are free for students 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 many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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