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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for students 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 several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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