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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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