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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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