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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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