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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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