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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy 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 education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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