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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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