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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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