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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs 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 several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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