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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly 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 numerous topics that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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