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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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