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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand these new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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