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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are generally 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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