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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually 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 elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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