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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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