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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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