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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly 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 numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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