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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally 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 issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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