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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently 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 elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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