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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free 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 issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors 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 strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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