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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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