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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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