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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. 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. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently 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 issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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