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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically 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 a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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