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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always 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 issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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