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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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