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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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