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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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