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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free 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 a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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