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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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