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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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