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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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