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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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