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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are typically free 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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