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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always 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 elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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