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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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