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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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