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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning enable people all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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