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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free 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 a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the 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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