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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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