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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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