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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically 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 quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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