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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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