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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students 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 subjects that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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