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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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