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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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