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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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