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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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