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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses 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 several subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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