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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually 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 a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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