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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always 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 topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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