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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally 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 elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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