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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for students 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 variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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