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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always 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 lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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