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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently 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 several topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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