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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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