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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are free 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 lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive 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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