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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free 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 many issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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