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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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