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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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