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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always 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 variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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