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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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