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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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