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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally 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 numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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