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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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