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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free 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 numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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