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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key 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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