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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are generally 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. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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