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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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