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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online 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 distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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