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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners 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 quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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