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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are commonly 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. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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