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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always 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 many topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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