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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches 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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