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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are almost always 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 many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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