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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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 online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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