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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not 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 several subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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