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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners 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 a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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