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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not 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 are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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