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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not 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 subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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