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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are free 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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