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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous subjects that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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