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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students 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. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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