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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education make it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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