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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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