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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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 numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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