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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. These massively open online courses are commonly free 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 several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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