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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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