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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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