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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always 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 topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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