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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 several topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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