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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently 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 topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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