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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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