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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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