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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students 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 variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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