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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free 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 a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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