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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are generally free 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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