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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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