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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs 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 a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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