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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always 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 numerous topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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