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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students 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 quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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