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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students 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. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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