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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always 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 topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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