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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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