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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have made it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for learners 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 numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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