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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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