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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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