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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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