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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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