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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are typically 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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