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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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