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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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