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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students 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 a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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