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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand these new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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