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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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