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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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