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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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