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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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