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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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