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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally 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 many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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