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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students 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 numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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