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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not 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 elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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