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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly 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 many issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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