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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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