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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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