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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically 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 many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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