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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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 variety of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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