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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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