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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education enable people all over the world to participate 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 numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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