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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally 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 numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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