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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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