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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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