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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are 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 several issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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