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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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