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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 several issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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