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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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