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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not 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 lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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