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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners 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 many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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