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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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