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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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