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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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