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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students 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 many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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