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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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