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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners 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 many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major 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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