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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently 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 issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand these new open education ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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