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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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