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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free 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 quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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