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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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