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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the exciting 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 discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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