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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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