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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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