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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online 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 several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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