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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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