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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners 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 many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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