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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are usually 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 numerous issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the 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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