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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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