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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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