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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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