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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free 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 many issues that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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