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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not 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 online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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