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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 institutions like Finland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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