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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly 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 several issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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