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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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