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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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