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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are generally free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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