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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 several subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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