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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free 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. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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