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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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