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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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