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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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