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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are 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 subjects that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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