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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students 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 variety of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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