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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are 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 numerous topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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