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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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