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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses 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 many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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