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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually 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. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the most important 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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