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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 several topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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