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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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