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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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