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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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