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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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