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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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