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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not 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 quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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