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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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