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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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