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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 topics that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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