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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are generally 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 numerous subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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