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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are 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 a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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