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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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