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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly 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 a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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