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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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