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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly 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 issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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