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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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