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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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