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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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