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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners 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 issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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