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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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