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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for learners 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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