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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online classes. 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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