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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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 a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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