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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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