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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free 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 online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key 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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