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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not 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 elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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