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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are typically 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 lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education