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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always 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 online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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