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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are normally 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 quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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