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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are usually 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 numerous topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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