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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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