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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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