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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally 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 quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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