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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free 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 numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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