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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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