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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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