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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students 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 a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand these open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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