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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes 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 a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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