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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are commonly 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 a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 institutions like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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