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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to take 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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