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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 several topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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