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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently 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 numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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