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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually 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 issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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