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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are generally 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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