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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning enable humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently 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 distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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