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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free 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 many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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