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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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