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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 a lot of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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