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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the 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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