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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students 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 numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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