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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally 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 several issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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