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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free 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. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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