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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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