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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 several topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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