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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not 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 many issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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