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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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