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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently 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 several issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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