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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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