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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are mostly 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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