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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly 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 many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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