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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically 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 a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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