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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 several topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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