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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free 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 a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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