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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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