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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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