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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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