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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily 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. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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