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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students 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 quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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