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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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