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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently 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 many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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