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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are 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 numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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