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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly 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 quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses 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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