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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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