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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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