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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free 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. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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