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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 several issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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