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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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