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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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