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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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