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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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