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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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