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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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