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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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