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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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