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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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