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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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